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Title Author Publication Date Publisher
  1. 2026-11-03
    The Atlas of North America’s Migratory Birds: Tracking Movement Across Seasons and Continents
    Peter P. Marra, Amy L. Scarpignato
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  2. 2026-10-08
    Post-breeding migratory movements and stopover ecology of Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus) near Lake Ontario
    Gabriella L. Orfanides, Alexandra J. Bros, Andrea J. Patterson, Susan Smith Pagano
    The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
  3. 2026-09-24
    Age and Sex Differences in Eastern Whip-poor-will Ecology (Antrostomus vociferus)
    Lauren Weeks
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  4. 2026-09-02
    The geography of risk: Motus telemetry reveals spatial variation in mortality of Setophaga striata (Blackpoll Warbler) during pre-breeding migration
    Camila Gómez, Nicholas J Bayly, Stuart A Mackenzie, Simon G English, Andrea Morales-Rozo, Philip D Taylor, D Ryan Norris, Keith A Hobson, Scott Wilson
    Ornithology
  5. 2026-08-05
    Stopover dynamics of boreal breeding songbirds at a northern stopover site
    Barbara Frei, Ana C. Morales, Marcel A. Gahbauer, Kyle H. Elliott
  6. 2026-08-03
    Automated telemetry and spot-mapping reveal similar space use in male and female Setophaga chrysoparia (Golden-cheeked Warbler)
    Michael D. Gamble, Nancy M. Raginski, Ashley M. Long
  7. 2026-08
    Extending the reach of wildlife tracking: Exploring feasibility of a UAV-integrated radio telemetry system for avian monitoring
    Nikita Shakhraichuk
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  8. 2026-08
    Flying through the seasons: Exploring molecular signatures in wild bird populations to uncover seasonal adaptations
    Trixie Leah Taucher
  9. 2026-06-29
    Phalarope Migration and Foraging Activity in South San Francisco Bay in 2025
    Nathan D. Van Schmidt, Amy Parsons
  10. 2026-06-12
    Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens) Ecology and Movement in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee
    Hila Taylor
  11. 2026-05-01
    Stopover departure decisions and movement patterns of migratory bats during autumn migration
    Sander Lagerveld, Julia Karagicheva, Pepijn De Vries, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Karina Stienstra, Bart C.A. Noort, Martin J.M. Poot, Thiemo Karwinkel, Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Fiona Mathews, Heiko Schmaljohann, Frank Van Langevelde
  12. 2026-04-30
    Population-level migration modeling of North America’s birds through data integration with BirdFlow
    Yangkang Chen, David L. Slager, Ethan Plunkett, Miguel Fuentes, Yuting Deng, Stuart A. Mackenzie, Lucas E. Berrigan, Daniel Fink, Daniel Sheldon, Benjamin M. Van Doren, Adriaan M. Dokter
    Movement Ecology
  13. 2026-03-11
    Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic–Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
    Ryan E Brodie, Nicholas J Bayly, Ruth E Bennett, Than J Boves, Anna Buckardt Thomas, William V Deluca, Kevin C Fraser, Ana M González, Jeffery L Larkin, Kurt M Ongman, Douglas W Raybuck, Amélie Roberto-Charron, Erin Simons-Legaard, Jessica Tatten, Scott Wilson, Amber M Roth
  14. 2026-03
    Three decades of western sandpiper stopover dynamics during northward migration on the Pacific Coast of North America, 1992–2022
    Nils Warnock, Scott A. Flemming, Sydney E. Bliss, Mary Anne Bishop, John Y. Takekawa, Brett K. Sandercock, Sarah E. Warnock, Mark C. Drever
    Stopover duration Journal of Avian Biology
  15. 2026-02-27
    Western Snowy Plover and California Least Tern Monitoring in the San Francisco Bay Annual Report 2025
    Maddy Schwarz, Jeremy Reinhard, Josh Scullen
  16. 2026-02-07
    Directional variation and method-specific detection patterns in offshore bat migration: implications for wind farm mitigation
    Sander Lagerveld, Pepijn De Vries, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, Jane Harris, Bart C.A. Noort, Steve C.V. Geelhoed, Frank van Langevelde, Fiona Mathews, Martin J.M. Poot, Julia Karagicheva
  17. 2026-01-26
    Divergent migration strategies within a population of Snow Buntings
    Samuelle Simard-Provençal, Oliver O Love, Rebecca J Jardine, Alysha Riquier, Patricia Rokitnicki, Sara Pearce Meikerink, François Vézina, Christina A.D. Semeniuk, Emily A McKinnon
  18. 2026
    Post-fledging Movement Ecology of American Kestrels in Central Ohio: Juvenile Dispersal and Habitat Use
    Alaina Marie McLaughlin
  19. 2026
    Exploration speed in Red Knots affects spring migration timing, but only after experimentally constrained fuelling conditions
    Tohar Tal, Allert I. Bijleveld, Karein Van Bijssum, Hidde Kressin, Thomas K. Lameris
    Departure decisions International Journal of Avian Science
  20. 2026
    Leveraging automated radio telemetry to understand avian presence on a military airfield
    Mackenzie R. Prichard, Levin C. Brandt, Susan N. Ellis-Felege
  21. 2025-12-17
    An experimental test for ecologically dependent reproductive isolation across an avian migratory divide
    Stephanie A Blain, Hannah C Justen, Kira E Delmore, Trine Bilde, Scott Egan
    Flight orientation Survival Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  22. 2025-12-03
    Predicting Migratory Survival in a Songbird Hybrid Zone Using Machine Learning
    Sarah A. Vastani, Stephanie A. Blain, Hannah Justen, Wendy E. Easton, Kira E. Delmore
  23. 2025-12
    Least Tern Abundance, Nesting Productivity, and Dispersal Between Nesting and On-and Off-River Foraging Sites in the Missouri National Recreational River
    Kyle Jorgensen
  24. 2025-12
    Impacts of Prolonged Breeding on the Post-Breeding Physiology, Autumn Departure Phenology and Migratory Behavior of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird
    Alicia Rae Brunner
  25. 2025-12
    Winter survival and urban green space use of the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Anne-Marie Cousineau
  26. 2025-10-15
    Rings and Pings: Band Encounters and Motus Elucidate the Overwintering Locations and Movements of Sharp-shinned Hawks in Western North America
    Teresa E. Ely, Ryan P. Bourbour, Benjamin M. Dudek, Allen M. Fish, Angus C. Hull, Breanna L. Martinico, Shannon M. Skalos, Levi E. Souza, Christopher W. Briggs
    Home range and territory The Journal of Raptor Research
  27. 2025-10-01
    Migratory routing and departure decisions of Porzana carolina (Sora): New insights from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
    Meredith A Lewis, Alex G Pellegrini, David F Brinker, Gregory D Kearns
  28. 2025-09-22
    Stopover departure decisions in spring: pre-Saharan migrants stay longer and are more selective for favourable wind than trans-Saharan migrants
    Thomas Klinner, Thiemo Karwinkel, Florian Packmor, Heiko Schmaljohann
  29. 2025-09-02
    Experimentally increased food availability allows for earlier departure in a long‐distance migratory shorebird
    Thomas K. Lameris, Allert I. Bijleveld, Roeland A. Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva M. A. Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc G. G. De Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma
    Departure decisions Functional Ecology
  30. 2025-08
    Movement Ecology of Migratory Birds Using Motus Technology
    Kaitlyn Young
  31. 2025-07-17
    Breeding site departure and post-departure movement strategy in Vireo olivaceus (Red-eyed Vireo)
    Lisa C Horn, Paul A Callo, Bridget J M Stutchbury
  32. 2025-07-09
    Effects of severe weather on shorebirds: Evidence of disrupted refueling and delayed departure on southbound migration
    Sophia M. Fraser, Devin R. De Zwaan, Hilary A. R. Mann, Julie Paquet, Diana J. Hamilton
  33. 2025-07-03
    Movetrack: An R package to model flight paths from radio-telemetry networks
    Georg Rüppel, Vera Brust, Heiko Schmaljohann, Thiemo Karwinkel
  34. 2025-05-23
    Wetter and more forested nonbreeding areas result in later departures but a faster spring migration in Vermivora chrysoptera (Golden-winged Warbler)
    Nicholas J Bayly, Sarah Kendrick, Ernesto Carman, María De La Paz Angulo-Irola, Yuly Caicedo-Ortiz, Stuart Mackenzie
  35. 2025-05-13
    Long-term monitoring of Arctic coastal ecology at the East Bay Mainland Research Station, in Qaqsauqtuuq Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut
    Doug MacNearney, Emma Davis, Jennie Rausch, Erica Nol, H. Grant Gilchrist, Josiah Nakoolak, Ken Abraham, Karel Allard, Sara Bellefontaine, Nik Clyde, Lisa Docken, Darryl B Edwards, Willow English, Scott Flemming, Anna Hargreaves, Christie Macdonald, Heather Mariash, Deborah E Perkins, Iain J Stenhouse, Paul A. Smith
    Arctic Science
  36. 2025-05-06
    Age-related differences in fall migration timing and performance of juvenile and adult Wood Thrushes departing from a breeding site
    Brendan P. Boyd, Sue M. Hayes, Anna Agazzi Migotto, Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
  37. 2025-05
    Tracking Fall Migration with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System: The Fate of Window-struck and Captive-raised Passerines
    Cailin O'Connor
  38. 2025-05
    Home range, habitat Use, and fall migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Range, Oregon
    Cameron Piper
  39. 2025-05
    Examining the Predictors of White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) Spring Departure Date
    Josh Davidson
  40. 2025-03-31
    Sufficient food is critical for a long-distant migratory shorebird to advance migration phenology
    Thomas Lameris, Allert Bijleveld, Roeland Bom, Julia Karagicheva, Hidde Kressin, Eva Kok, Sander Lagerveld, Luc de Monte, Barbara Helm, Theunis Piersma
  41. 2025-03-24
    Conservation‐focused mapping of avian migratory routes using a pan‐European automated telemetry network
    Lucy Mitchell, Vera Brust, Thiemo Karwinkel, Susanne Åkesson, Dmitry Kishkinev, Gabriel Norevik, Tibor Szep, Anders Hedenström, Sander Lagerveld, Barbara Helm, Heiko Schmaljohann
    Conservation Biology
  42. 2025-03-17
    Using motus automated telemetry to quantify habitat use and movement in a Far Eastern Curlew within the Hunter Estuary, NSW, Australia
    Andrea S. Griffin, Callum Gapes, Louise A. Williams, Mattea Taylor, Rob Kyte, Greg Little, Judith Little
    Site importance The Whistler
  43. 2025-03-05
    Spatial and species-specific variation in lake-crossing behavior in the Great Lakes region influences collision risk with offshore wind development
    Zoe O Korpi, Stephen N Matthews, Matthew B Shumar, Molly E McDermott, David Russell, Lucas W DeGroote, Ryan Jacob, Mark Shieldcastle, Christopher M Tonra
  44. 2025-02-25
    Sex-specific variation in breeding-ground departure decisions and detection rates during southbound migration in West Atlantic Flyway Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)
    Anne N. M. A. Ausems, Hannah MacKellar, Glen S. Brown, Erica Nol
  45. 2025-02-17
    Multispecies migratory connectivity indicates hemispheric-scale risk to bird populations from global change
    Sarah P. Saunders, William V. DeLuca, Brooke L. Bateman, Jill L. Deppe, Joanna Grand, Erika J. Knight, Timothy D. Meehan, Nicole L. Michel, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Melanie A. Smith, Lotem Taylor, Chad J. Witko, Chad B. Wilsey
    Migratory connectivity Nature Ecology & Evolution
  46. 2025-02-17
    Close encounters: behavioral responses of migrating songbirds to the perceived risk of predation
    Claire E Nemes, Andrea M Lindsay, Lucas W DeGroote, Emily B Cohen, Emilie Snell-Rood
  47. February 2025
    Sensitivity mapping of relative risks to bats from Danish offshore wind energy
    Signe M.M. Brinkløv, Astrid Særmark Uebel, Esben T Fjederholt, Morten Elmeros
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  48. 2025-01
    Genetic relatedness shapes social dynamics in a threatened finch: implications for population assessment
    Mara F. Müller, Cameron J. Baker, Sam C. Banks, Mariana A. Campbell, Tara L. Crewe, Mirjam Kaestli, Sydney J. Collett, Ian J. Radford, Hamish A. Campbell
  49. 2025
    The influence of migratory routes, breeding, and wintering grounds on cultural shifts in song of White-throated Sparrows ( Zonotrichia albicollis )
    Joel Khoo, Amelia MacDonald, Ingebjorg Jean Hansen, Cody Cox, Scott Ramsay, Ken Otter
  50. 2025
    In the clear: weather drives the northward movement of American Tree Sparrows ( Spizelloides arborea ) as spring progresses
    Yolanda Morbey, Kevin Hannah, Jeffrey Costa, Jackson Kusack, Stuart Mackenzie
    Migratory phenology Journal of Field Ornithology

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[Institution | Collaborators]. [Project Name and Number]. [Years of project activity]. Data accessed from Motus Wildlife Tracking System, Birds Canada. Available: https://motus.org/. Accessed: [Date].

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Collaborators are encouraged to acknowledge Motus in any written work, popular or peer-reviewed publications, oral presentations, social media, or websites. Collaborators are also encouraged to acknowledge Motus as a program of Birds Canada in close collaboration with a diverse network of organizations, businesses and individuals.

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Motus Wildlife Tracking System. [Year]. Birds Canada, Port Rowan, Ontario. Available: https://motus.org. Accessed: [Date].

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Birds Canada (2024). motus: Fetch and use data from the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. https://motusWTS.github.io/motus/.

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